Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition, bigotry, lust tyranny and despotism.

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.